You may have already seen the films of the Candidate Speeches for Cheshire Youth Parliament. Before the young people standing for election get to this point they attend a Candidates Weekend. All young people in Cheshire can attend the Candidates Weekend and over 2 days we provide some training to help young people consider whether they really want to stand for election, and if so what they would stand for.

Some of the criticisms of the Youth Parliament system are that its not truly representative and that the people that get elected are just elected on the basis of how many friends they’ve got. The Youth Voice team in Cheshire have been working really hard to ensure this isn’t what happens up there. Prior to the weekend they organise meetings at youth clubs in each region to encourage young people to attend the training. The training activities we use include Continue Reading »

Short film showing the candidates speeches for the Cheshire Youth Parliament West Region.

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Short film showing the candidates speeches for the Cheshire Youth Parliament Mid Region.

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Short film showing the candidates speeches for the Cheshire Youth Parliament East Region.

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The aim of the training delivered for the Cheshire UKYP, was so that the young people involved could gain the skills and confidence to prepare and deliver a speech to stand for their local area elections.
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The young people were from 6 different areas of Cheshire: Chester, Ellesmere Port & Neston, Vale Royal, Macclesfield, Congleton and were all potential candidates to represent either East, Mid or West Cheshire

During the training and before the elections, the young people worked together in these groups and discussed the different Continue Reading »